Mail-bag deliverer.



No. 833,643. 'P-ATENTED 0GT.16,1906.

- w. J. SMITH.

ivwmm WWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM 3. SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I MAIL-BAG DELIVERER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Oct. 16,1906.

Application filed July 18,1906. Serial No. 326,766.

.of which the following is :a'specification.

This invention relates to mail-bag projectors or deliverers, theobjectof the invention being to provide a simple and effective device orapparatus for delivering 'a pouch,

parcel, or package without injury to a passing car and which is throwninto-operation by an actuating element on the car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing thedevice set for operation and about to be tripped by the trip member onthe car. longitudinal section through the device and a fragmentarytransverse section through the car, showing the parts in operativeposition, the projected positions of the operating members of thedeliverer bein indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detai showing themeans for supporting the striker in elevated position. Fig. 4 is asection through the striker-head.

The device comprises a supporting-frame 1, which. may be of anypreferred constructi on. As shown in the present instance, the frame isof oblong rectangular form and comprises corner-standards 2, sidestandards 3, top and bottom side and end rails 4 and 5, connecting saidstandards, and a central transverse cross-brace 6.

Journaled in the side standards 3 is a shaft 7, to which is fixed adelivery-lever 8. This lever is provided with front and rear arms 9 and10, the front arm being provided at its free end with a contact portion11, adapted to be engaged by the striker hereinafter described, whilethe arm 10 is provided with a receptacle 12 to hold the'pouch or otherarticle to be delivered to the car. The receptacle 12 is in the form ofa spoon-shaped- Fig. 2 is a vertical adapted upon its descent to engagethe contact portion 11 of the lever, thus throwing the arm 9 of thelever downward and the arm 10 of the leverupward, whereby the bag orpouch 1 7., resting in the holder 12, will be 7 thrown forwar (1 intothe passing-car through the doorway in the side thereof. Buflersprings18 and 19 are provided to yieldingly arrest and cushion the downstrokeof the arm 9 and striker-head '16. The head 16 has a flattened outerface provided with a cushioning-strip 20, and is adapted tobe supportedin its elevated operative position by a lug '21 on one end of the shaft14;, which in the form of a Weighted ball, which is i contactswithalug22onthe-corner standard, whereby the striker will be held tiltedoutwardly slightly beyond the perpendicular.

The car 23 carries an actuating device in the form of a trip-arm 24,which extends laterally therefrom and is adapted to engage the cushionedface of the striker-head, so that the motion of the car will throw thestriker 'forward, whereby it will descend under the im act as well asits own weight, and thereby orcibly strike and tilt the projecting leverto throw the bag or pouch into the car. A stay 25 of suitableconstruction is provided upon the car to reinforce the triparm when thelatter comes into engagement with the striker. The trip-arm 24' iscarried by a rock-shaft 26, j ournaled in a bearing extending throughthe floor of the car and provided at its upper end with a foot or handlever 27 ,whereby said shaft may be swung to project or retract the arm,the latter being stayed when in o erative position by the member 25. Aro ler or suitable support 28 is provided upon the shaft to rest uponthe car-floor and hold the shaft from downward movement in its bearing.

It will be understood that in practice the actuating device is arrangeda sufficient distance in advance of the door of the car in the directionof travel of the latter to insure the proper operation of the apparatusto project the sack through the door into the car as the train travelspast "the mail-station.

The device is set for operation in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and asthe car passes the mail-station the arm 24 engages and swings thestriker to effect the delivery of the pouch in the manner set forth.After operation the projecting lever automatically returns to normalposition vunder the greater weight of on its shaft and reset for furtheruse. It will be seen that the device is thus adapted to deliver thepouch, bag, or package to the car in an effective manner and withoutliability of injury thereto, such as occurs by the use of catchers ofordinary construction in which the bag is forcibly torn from a crane bya catcher-arm on the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new i s 1. Amail-bag deliverer comprising a supporting-frame, a tilting bagsupporting and impelling device carried thereby, and a striker operatingby gravity when tripped to forcibly strike and tilt said supporting andimpelling device.

2. Amail-bag deliverer comprising a supporting-frame, a tilting bagsupporting and impelling device, said device being pivotally mounted onthe frame, a weighted striker adapted to be tripped and to swing bygravity into contact with said supporting and impelling device to effectthe tilting of the same, and means for normally supporting saidgravity-striker in position to be tripped.

3. A mail-bag deliverer comprising a supporting-frame, a projectinglever pivotally mounted on the frame and having operating and supportingarms, the latter being provided with means for holding a mail-pouch, anda weighted striker adapted to be actuated by a passing car to engage theoperatingarm of the lever and swing said lever on its fulcrum to impelthe bag.

4. A mail-bag deliverer comprising a supporting-frame, apivotally-mounted bag holding and impelling device carried thereby, anda pivotally-mounted striker having a weighted striking-head adapted toengage and swing said lever on its fulcrum to impel the bag.

5. A mail-bag deliverer comprising a supporting-frame, animpelling-lever carried thereby, a weighted striker for actuating theimpelling-lever, and means for cushioning the lever and striker on theirimpelling action.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIANI J. SMITH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM CooK, EDWARD WHITE.

